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Muslim Aid Cyclone Nargis Emergency Response
08 May 2008 15:32:00 GMT
Abdul Jolil Miah
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Muslim Aid Cyclone Nargis Emergency Response

Muslim Aid Emergency Response Teams from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Indonesia and our partner Global Medic are ready to be deployed with the following equipment: • Inflatable mobile hospital - 30 bed • 22 Trekker water purification units • 1 Explorer water purification unit • 4 million Aquatabs • Medicines: o 200,000 Ciprofloxacin Tabs 250mg, o 50,000 Albendazole tabs (Zentel) 200mg, o 50,000 Metronidazole 250mg tabs, o 50,000 Mebendazole 100mg tabs, o 50,000 Doxycycline 100 mg o 50,000 Diclofenac 50mg tabs

Several of our staff have now received visas and we expect them to be on the ground in Myanmar within the next 24 hours. The rest of our team are in Bangkok awaiting visas and can be contacted for coordination purposes.

For more details or to contact our team in the region call or email Anamul Haque, Head of Emergency anamul@muslimaid.org or +44 7912 627 070 or Akhyari Hananto who is in Bangkok akhyaree@muslimaidyogya.org.

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